Great Music from Unknown Artists

CST's Take: Students of country classicism and celebrators of the rugged stories central to it (albeit with those tales reshaped by leader Kevin Wolfe's personal travels) and purveyors of bruised-and-boozed rockin' country

CST's Take: Songs celebrating the good ol' days made in good ol' today and somehow sounding like both; in other words, despite the throwback influences and vintage instruments, this isn't antique music.

CST's Take: Matt Urmy has one of those old souls that you read about and a big ol' humanist heart a la John Prine (or Prine's honorary godson Todd Snider), and he presents his songs in a semi-raw voice that ranges from hushed to hallelujah and gives extra depth to his messages.